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Of Questionable Veracity

October 23, 2017 Buck Banks

Although his prevarications may be serial,
His majestic pronouncements are empyreal.
And so what if he spouts stinking lies,
He’s not just one of the guys,
And you simply can’t question a four-star Marine general!

Leave a commentPoetic JusticeFirst Amendment, John Kelly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump Clearly Doesn’t Understand the First Amendment

October 12, 2017 Buck Banks

“It is frankly disgusting the press is able to write whatever it wants to write.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, in an Oval Office appearance with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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A Burning Question

September 9, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Is it right to burn the Quran
Just because the First Amendment says you can?
And if in response Muslim fanatics
Pull some mean terrorist antics,
Should you consult your Bible for an exit plan?

Leave a commentPoetic JusticeBible, First Amendment, Muslims, Quran, Terrorism

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Freedom Fries with That?
Buck Banks | May. 30, 2023

Soon as the deal was done, the GOPers started to bitch,
Though they closed no loopholes nor upped taxes on the rich.
Sure, right-wingers ain’t happy
About getting an ass-whupping from Pappy,
To which we say, “Shut up and eat your turd sandwich.”

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    “This year is starting to feel a lot like 2016, a primary field that contains Trump and all the other not-Trump candidates. The only difference between this contest and 2016 is that other candidates then ran (ostensibly, at least) as their own selves and not just lesser versions of the OG.”

    — Molly Jong-Fast

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    “His whole act can feel like a clunky contrivance—a forced persona railing against phony or hyped-up outrages.”

    — Mark Leibovich

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    A Utah parent filed a challenge to have the Bible removed from public school libraries, citing passages describing sex and violence. The committee appointed to review the complaint said the Bible may remain in high school libraries, but it will be removed from elementary and middle schools for containing “vulgarity or violence.”

    — Salt Lake Tribune

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    “I don’t want reality.”

    — Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), quoted by The Guardian, while questioning a witness about the teaching of race.

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    “I’m going to leave it up to Kevin McCarthy to see if he wants to help defeat Putin,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Punchbowl News. “I mean, he’s been pretty good… But is the Republican Party going to be the party that bails out [Russian President Vladimir] Putin? I hope not.”

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    1,225

    Southern Poverty Law Center: “In 2022, SPLC documented 1,225 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. Extremist ideas that mobilize these groups now operate more openly in the political mainstream. But the ascent of the hard right is not inevitable. We can push back against this rising authoritarianism and turn the tide.”

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    62%

    A new Yahoo News-YouGov poll found that 62% of Americans believe that Donald Trump should not be allowed to serve as president again if he is convicted of a “serious” crime. A slightly smaller majority — 52% — said they believe that Trump has committed a serious crime.

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    71%

    Gallup: “Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.”

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    115,000

    Wall Street Journal: “The number of homeless people in California grew about 50% between 2014 and 2022. The state, which accounts for 12% of the U.S. population, has about half of the nation’s unsheltered homeless, an estimated 115,000 people, according to federal and state data last year. It also has among the highest average rent and median home prices in the U.S.”

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    339,000

    CNBC: Nonfarm payrolls in May increased by 339,000, better than the 190,000 Dow Jones estimated.
    The unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in May against the estimate for 3.5%. May’s jobless rate was the highest since October 2022. Professional and business services led job creation followed by government and health care.

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